Bangladesh’s narrow, garment-heavy export base and weak investment diversification have prevented new industries from absorbing workers displaced by machines ...

We clearly need both. To preserve jobs, we are adamant that 1.0 Floor Area Ratio is the minimum acceptable designation needed to preserve manufacturing space. If the city goes lower than 1.0 FAR, it ...

Garment workers protest Tuesday outside Los Angeles City Hall. The Garment Worker Center called on the L.A. City Council to protect workers from gentrification brought on by zoning changes in the ...

Robots are taking over the garment industry in southeast Asia. And while these machines help companies make clothes quickly and cheaply, they also spell doom for a number of garment workers. Enter ...

Coimbatore: Even as the GST for job working units in textiles has been cut from the proposed 18% to 5%, apparel, a major segment in the textile value chain, has been left out of the reduction. Garment ...

Bangladeshi clothing firms under pressure to cut emissions Workers hit by climate impacts, lack green tech skills Unions say workers need training, social support to adapt DHAKA, March 9 (Thomson ...